PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA ACCORDING TO THE GDPR
Americans in Barcelona, in application of current legislation on the protection of personal data, hereby informs you that the personal data collected through the forms on the website: https://americansinbarcelona.com/, are included in the specific automated files of users of Americans in Barcelona’s services.
The purpose of the collection and automated processing of personal data is to maintain the
commercial relationship and to carry out information, training, consultancy and other activities related to Americans in Barcelona.
This data will only be transferred to those entities that are necessary for the sole purpose of fulfilling the aforementioned purpose. Americans in Barcelona adopts the necessary measures to guarantee the security, integrity and confidentiality of the data in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing the old LOPD, the new Organic Law 3/2018 of 5 December on Data Protection and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDDD).
The user may at any time exercise the rights of access, opposition, rectification, cancellation, limitation and portability recognised in the aforementioned Regulation (EU). These rights may be exercised by the user by sending an email to: info@americansinbarcelona.com or to the following address: C.P. 08024 – Barcelona (Barcelona).
The user declares that all the data provided by him/her are true and correct, and undertakes to keep them up to date, notifying Americans in Barcelona of any changes.
Purpose of the processing of personal data:
For what purpose will we process your personal data?
At Americans in Barcelona, we will process your personal data collected through the website: https://americansinbarcelona.com/, for the following purposes:
1. To comply with the company's commercial, employment, corporate and accounting
obligations.
2. To provide its services in accordance with the particular needs of the clients, in order to
comply with the contracts signed by the same.
3. Sending commercial information and newsletters about new services offered on the
website and the sector.
4. The process of archiving, updating systems, protection and custody of information and
databases of the company.
5. The transmission of data to third parties with whom contracts have been entered into for
this purpose, for commercial, contractual, administrative, marketing and/or operational
purposes.
6. Executing a contract entered into remotely with the user.
7. To provide the services contracted by the user.
8. To send promotional information electronically.
9. To provide the information requested by the user through the contact form.
We remind you that you can object to the sending of commercial communications by any means and at any time by sending an e-mail to the address indicated above.
The fields in these registers must be filled in, and it will be impossible to carry out the purposes expressed if these data are not provided.
How long will the personal data collected be kept?
The personal data provided will be kept for as long as the commercial relationship is maintained or you do not request its deletion and for the period of time for which legal responsibilities may arise from the services provided.
Legitimation:
The processing of your data is carried out on the following legal bases that legitimise the same:
1. The request for information and/or the contracting of Americans in Barcelona's services,
the terms and conditions of which will be made available to you in all cases, prior to any
eventual contracting.
2. Free, specific, informed and unequivocal consent, insofar as we inform you by making
this privacy policy available to you, which, after reading it, if you agree, you can accept by
means of a declaration or a clear affirmative action, such as ticking a box provided for this
purpose.
In the event that you do not provide us with your details or you do so incorrectly or incompletely, we will not be able to deal with your request, making it completely impossible to provide you with the information requested or to carry out the contracting of services.
Recipients:
The data will not be communicated to any third party outside Americans in Barcelona, except where legally obliged to do so.
Hosting services have been contracted outside the European Economic Area, in the USA,
which is considered a safe destination for international data transfers, by virtue of the Privacy Shield.
Data collected by users of the services
In cases where the user includes files containing personal data on the shared hosting servers, Americans in Barcelona accepts no liability for non-compliance by the user with the GDPR.
Intellectual property rights https://americansinbarcelona.com/
Americans in Barcelona is the owner of all copyright, intellectual and industrial property rights, know-how and any other rights relating to the contents of the https://americansinbarcelona.com/ website and the services offered therein, as well as the programmes necessary for their implementation and related information.
The reproduction, publication and/or use of the contents, in whole or in part, of the
https://americansinbarcelona.com/ website, other than for strictly private use, is not permitted without prior written consent.
Intellectual property of the software
Users must respect third-party software made available by Americans in Barcelona, even if it is free and/or publicly available.
Americans in Barcelona holds the necessary exploitation and intellectual property rights to the software. The user does not acquire any right or licence for the service contracted, over the software necessary for the provision of the service, or over the technical information for monitoring the service, with the exception of the rights and licences necessary for the fulfilment of the services contracted and only for the duration of the same.
For any action that exceeds the fulfilment of the contract, the user shall require written
authorisation from Americans in Barcelona, and the user shall be prohibited from accessing, modifying, viewing the configuration, structure and files of the servers owned by Americans in Barcelona, and shall assume civil and criminal liability for any incident that may occur on the servers and security systems as a direct consequence of negligent or malicious action on their part.
Intellectual property of the hosted contents
Any use contrary to intellectual property legislation of the services provided by Americans in Barcelona and, in particular, the following is prohibited:
1. Use that is contrary to Spanish law or that infringes the rights of third parties.
2. The publication or transmission of any content that, in the opinion of Americans in
Barcelona, is violent, obscene, abusive, illegal, racial, xenophobic or defamatory.
3. Cracks, programme serial numbers or any other content that infringes the intellectual
property rights of third parties.
4. The collection and/or use of personal data of other users without their express consent
or in contravention of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.
5. The use of the domain's mail server and email addresses for sending unsolicited bulk email.
The user bears full responsibility for the content of his website, the transmitted and stored
information, hypertext links, third party claims and legal actions with reference to intellectual property, third party rights and the protection of minors.
The user is responsible with regard to the laws and regulations in force and the rules relating to the operation of the online service, e-commerce, copyright, maintenance of public order, as well as universal principles of Internet use.
The user shall indemnify Americans in Barcelona for any expenses incurred by Americans in
Barcelona in any case for which the user may be held liable, including legal defence fees and expenses, even in the event of a non-final court decision.
Protection of hosted information
Americans in Barcelona makes backup copies of the contents hosted on its servers, but accepts no liability for the accidental loss or deletion of data by users. Similarly, it does not guarantee the total replacement of data deleted by users, as the aforementioned data may have been deleted and/or modified during the period of time that has elapsed since the last backup copy.
The services offered, with the exception of specific backup services, do not include the
replacement of the contents kept in the backup copies made by Americans in Barcelona, when this loss is attributable to the user; in this case, a fee shall be determined in accordance with the complexity and volume of the recovery, subject to the user’s prior acceptance.
The replacement of deleted data is only included in the price of the service when the loss of
content is due to causes attributable to Americans in Barcelona.
Commercial communications
In application of the LSSI. Americans in Barcelona shall not send advertising or promotional
communications by e-mail or any other equivalent means of electronic communication that have not been previously requested or expressly authorised by the recipients thereof.
In the case of users with whom there is a prior contractual relationship, Americans in Barcelona is authorised to send commercial communications concerning Americans in Barcelona products or services that are similar to those initially contracted with the customer.
In any case, the user, after accrediting their identity, may request that no further commercial information be sent to them via the Customer Service channels.